Stephanie G Burton
Professor Stephanie Burton is Professor in Biochemistry, in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences and a Faculty Fellow at Future Africa, at the University of Pretoria (UP). She is the former Vice-Principal for Research and Postgraduate Education at UP (2011 to 2020).
Professor Burton is the President and a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa (RSSA), Vice-President of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), a Research Fellow for Universities South Africa (USAf), a member of the Governing Council of Future Earth and Co-Chair on the Board of the International Academy Partnership (IAP).
She holds an MSc in Organic Chemistry (1990) and a PhD in Biochemistry (1994) from Rhodes University. She lectured in Chemical Engineering at the University of Cape Town, and served as Director of Postgraduate Studies, and Director of the Biocatalysis and Technical Biology Group, at Cape Peninsula University of Technology.
Professor Burton is recognised for her leadership and expertise in research strategy, management, and performance, capacity building, postgraduate training, open science and science communication, and internationalisation. She is currently coordinating national projects on mentoring and capacity development for early career academics, as Chairperson of the USAf Community of Practice in Postgraduate Education and Scholarship, and Research Lead for the USAf Advancing Early Career Researchers and Scholars Programme.
Professor Burton is the President and a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa (RSSA), Vice-President of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), a Research Fellow for Universities South Africa (USAf), a member of the Governing Council of Future Earth and Co-Chair on the Board of the International Academy Partnership (IAP).
She holds an MSc in Organic Chemistry (1990) and a PhD in Biochemistry (1994) from Rhodes University. She lectured in Chemical Engineering at the University of Cape Town, and served as Director of Postgraduate Studies, and Director of the Biocatalysis and Technical Biology Group, at Cape Peninsula University of Technology.
Professor Burton is recognised for her leadership and expertise in research strategy, management, and performance, capacity building, postgraduate training, open science and science communication, and internationalisation. She is currently coordinating national projects on mentoring and capacity development for early career academics, as Chairperson of the USAf Community of Practice in Postgraduate Education and Scholarship, and Research Lead for the USAf Advancing Early Career Researchers and Scholars Programme.
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